Harry Seidler interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection

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Seidler speaks of his childhood in Europe; his internment during the war; his architectural studies; influences on his career; reasons for coming to Australia (1948); his work in Australia and the buildings he designed; designing Australia Square (Sydney).